Thursday, January 26, 2012

Honour killing trial delayed by bomb scare

When last we heard from Agent 3, the Shafia murder trial was expected to go to the jury this week. It might yet, but there has been a bit of a hiccup, as a bomb threat forced the evacuation of the Kingston ON courthouse Thursday morning.

Inspector Doright of the RCMP [Ed., please check this] said someone called the court office, claiming bombs were set to explode at 10:10 and 10:20. "There are a couple of pretty serious speeding cases scheduled for this morning," he said, but "it could be related to the Shafias. You never know. Obviously with any security threat we've got to check out the whole building."

By "the Shafias", the Mountie meant Mohammad Shafia, one of his wives, Tooba Yahya, and their son, Hamed. The trio are accused of killing teenage Shafia daughters Zainab, Sahar and Geeti, along with Shafia’s other wife.

The three defence lawyers each delivered their closing remarks to the jury on Tuesday and Wednesday. Crown Prosescutor Laurie Lacelle began summing up Thursday afternoon after everyone was allowed back into the courthouse. If she finishes quickly, Mr. Justice Robert Maranger can begin charging the jury Friday morning.

[Ed. Before we post this, can you have a chat with Agent 3 and see if he was drinking something other than Tim Horton's while everyone was huddled outside the courthouse?]

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